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Alan Jones

Teachers union members will not strike after ballot turnout below 50%

Members of NASUWT are campaigning for better pay (Jane Barlow/PA) (Picture: PA Wire)

Nine out of 10 members of the NASUWT teachers union in England and Wales voted for strikes over pay but the turnout was 42%, below the legal threshold, it has been announced.

The union said it remained in dispute with the Government despite not achieving the 50% ballot turnout required by law.

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